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(KARK/NEXSTAR) – The U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7% in April, the highest rate since the Great Depression, as 20.5 million jobs vanished in the worst monthly loss on record. The figures are stark evidence of the damage the coronavirus has done to a now-shattered economy.

A pedestrian walks by The Framing Gallery, closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

RATS IN THE STREETS: The French Quarter is quiet. Silenced practically by the pandemic. On Bourbon Street, with bars closed, there’s barely any commotion during the day. But at night, that’s when the rats come out. WGNO’s Bill Wood reports.

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